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Tuesday, 11 February 2014

I had a break from doing my mother-in-law's calendar to have a doodle-y play with a children's cartooning kit.

It was yet another bargain from a charity shop, a big tin (12x12") containing a sketch pad, a pencil, rubber and black liner pen, 8 brush pens and an instructional book on how to draw cartoons. Not bad for just £1 and it originally came from Marks & Spencers.

The quality of the kit was good and I had fun following the step-by-step instructions to make some fun animal cartoons:

The problem I had with it was the fact that the finished pictures in the step-by-step book had sophisticated blending and colouring:

Blending and splattering effect on this camel

..Yet they give you basic brush pens that would show every stroke:

I know, I know, its a kit for children and maybe they wouldn't appreciate the difference but when I did mine I just had to use my promarkers for a more sophisticated finish:

I haven't really got any reason to complain about this problem especially as (a) it only cost me £1 after all and (b) as I said before it is meant just for children but...just saying....!

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On Creative Flourishes you will find examples of my photography, mixed media artwork, cardmaking and general art & craft making. Hopefully I will inspire others (as others inspire me) to get creating too! I also include snippets of my family life with my husband and my two teen boys, aged 17 and 15.